News Archive

A lot of Rocknroll in Hoosier Cup
May 30, 2010
World Of Rocknroll and Hall of Fame Driver Ron Pierce turned in a dominant performance to win the 14th edition of the $500,000 Hoosier Cup at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino. The duo covered the one-mile event in a time of 1:50.3, winning by three lengths in front of a packed house.   Starti
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Show stolen from Lynch elims at Pocono
May 30, 2010
Fancy Filly, Feeling You and Ruffle’s Kiss won James M. Lynch Memorial Stake elimination races on Saturday at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, but Pilgrims Toner and Brighten Up stole the show.   Pilgrims Toner, trained by Frank Catalfamo and driven by Brian Sears, equaled the world re
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Draw for Elitlopp final
May 30, 2010
The final of the Elitlopp will be contested at approximately 11 am Sunday morning and can be viewed on RTN channel 12, and here is the post position order, from the rail out: (1) Brioni, (2) Ilaria Jet, (3) Torvald Palema, (4), Triton Sund, (5), Iceland, (6) Nu Pagadi, (7) Quarcio du Chene, (8) Bean
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Free-legged world mark for Major Hottie
May 30, 2010
Major Hottie shocked fans at Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday night with a world-record performance for free-legged pacers which came in the $42,000(C) Open.   The five-year-old son of Art Major came first over on race favorite Bigtime Ball as the field passed the third marker in 1:21.1 and then
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Sportswriter second in 2010 debut
May 30, 2010
Metro Pace champion Sportswriter made his 2010 debut on Saturday night at Mohawk and finished second for driver Mark MacDonald behind Kid Carson by a quarter length in 1:50.2. Sportswriter rallied from sixth at the top of the stretch with a strong :26.3 final quarter to just miss in the last strides
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Tough trip dooms Lucky Jim in Elitlopp elim
May 30, 2010
Lucky Jim's first bit of bad luck came when he drew post seven in his Elitlopp elimination. Then came the trip. Driver Andy Miller chose to float away from the gate with Lucky Jim and was caught on the outside at the back of the field. In front of the homestretch he made a bold three-wide move
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Torvald Palema wins; North Americans fail to advance
May 30, 2010
Driver Paul MacDonell aggressively drove Canadian representative Define The World, but he still failed to advance to the Elitlopp final, along with American contenders Enough Talk and Lisa America as the second elimination was won by Sweden's Torvald Palema.   The second elim got un
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Iceland, son of Scarlet Knight, wins Elitlopp
May 30, 2010
Iceland, a son of Hambletonian champion Scarlet Knight, won the Elitlopp final Sunday afternoon at the Solvalla track in Stockholm, scoring in 1:53.2 with a savvy drive by Johnny Takter. Torvald Palema, the defending champ, finished second and Brioni was third.   Iceland finished second in th
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Blatantly Good tops Auckland Reactor at Chester
May 30, 2010
Going the tough first-over route, Jeffrey Bamond's Blatantly Good ($14.60) scored the minor upset over Auckland Reactor in Sunday's $32,000 Open Pace at Harrah's Chester Casino and Racetrack. The time of the mile was 1:49.4.  Blatantly Good, a 6-year-old son of Albert Albert, sat third off Auc
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Dr Dreamy, Galimony big Empire winners
May 30, 2010
Dr Dreamy and Brian Sears captured the $217,250 final of the Empire Breeder’s Classic on Sunday night at Tioga Downs while Galimony took the filly split of the race.   Sears got away third as the field past the opening quarter in :27.4 with David Miller and Malicious moving to the front. Howe
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